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Verse 31. _LET ALL BITTERNESS_] πασα πικρια. It is
astonishing that any who profess the Christian name should indulge
_bitterness_ of spirit. Those who are _censorious_, who are
_unmerciful_ to the _...
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LET ALL BITTERNESS - see the notes on Ephesians 4:2.
AND WRATH - The word here does not differ essentially from anger.
ANGER - see the note on Ephesians 4:26. All cherished, unreasonable
anger....
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3. THE WALK IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
Chapter S 4:17-5:21
_ 1. Not as the Gentiles walk (Ephesians 4:17)_
2. The putting off and putting on (Ephesians 4:20)
3. Followers of God (Ephesians 5
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EPHESIANS 4:25 TO EPHESIANS 5:2. PRECEPTS OF THE NEW LIFE. Away then
with lying, resentment, stealing, foul talk, bad temper, lust.
Remember the common membership (Ephesians 4:25). Give the devil no
s...
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Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTION (Ephesians 4:1-10)
With this chapter the second part of the letter begins. In Ephesians
1:1-23;...
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So then strip yourselves of falsehood, and let each of you speak the
truth with his neighbour, because we are all members of the same body.
Be angry--but be angry in such a way that your anger is not...
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BITTERNESS. Greek. _pikria._ See Romans 3:14 and Figure of speech
_Polysyndeton._ App-6.
WRATH. Luke 4:28.
ANGER. Greek. _orge_.
CLAMOUR. uproar. See Acts 23:9.
EVIL SPEAKING. railin
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_all … all_ Observe the uncompromising scope of the precept.
Revolution in principle was to result in nothing short of
_revolution_in temper and practice.
_wrath … anger_ The two original words occur...
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The subject pursued: the revolution coming out in truthfulness,
kindness, honesty, purity, patience, forgivingness
25. _Wherefore_ From these deep principles come now the more detailed
inferences of h...
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ΠΑ͂ΣΑ ΠΙΚΡΊΑ ΚΑῚ ΘΥΜῸΣ ΚΑῚ ὈΡΓῊ ΚΑῚ
ΚΡΑΥΓῊ ΚΑῚ ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΊΑ. We pass now to a warning
against all tokens of an unbrotherly temper. The stress laid on this
side of Christian Ethics by all the N.T. writers...
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17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST...
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Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
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LET ALL BITTERNESS, &C. _BE PUT AWAY_— "Do not passionately resent
every trifle, nor bitterly inveigh, with all the licentiousness and
keenness of satire, against those who have greatly injured you;—f...
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_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 4:17-32; EPHESIANS 5:1-2)
B.
Walk as becometh saints. Ephesians 4:17-32;...
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Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil
speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
BITTERNESS - both of spirit and of speech: opposed to "kind."
WRATH, [ thumos (G2...
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Summary of Previous Grace
13 Before the revelation of the secret administration by means of this
epistle the saints among the nations were in a period of adolescence.
This is fully set forth by t...
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UNITY OF THE NEW LIFE. RULES FOR THE NEW LIFE
The Apostle passes, as usual, from doctrinal statements to practical
exhortations; but doctrine is here and there introduced to support
exhortation.
1-6...
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CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR
EPHESIANS
_LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_
CHAPTER 4
What Paul taught in Chapter s 1-3 was first about God and his Son
Jesus Christ. Then it was about th...
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LET ALL BITTERNESS. — There is a similar enumeration in the parallel
passage, Colossians 3:8; and in all such catalogues in St. Paul’s
Epistles, while it is vain to seek for formal and elaborate syste...
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(3 _a_) In Ephesians 4:31 to Ephesians 5:2, he deals with malignity,
as utterly unworthy of the love of God manifested to us in Jesus
Christ....
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CHAPTER 21
DISCARDED VICES
Ephesians 4:25; Ephesians 5:1
The transformation described in the last paragraph (Ephesians 4:17)
has now to be carried into detail. The vices of the old heathen self
must...
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A paragraph containing a series of detached, practical exhortations,
dealing with certain evils to be forsworn and duties to be fulfilled.
These injunctions are all based on the preceding statement, o...
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πᾶσα πικρία : _let all bitterness_. The noun πικρία
occurs thrice again in the NT, and with different shades of meaning
(Acts 8:23; Romans 3:14; Hebrews 12:15). Meyer makes it = _fretting
spitefulness...
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PUTTING ON THE “NEW MAN”
Ephesians 4:20
The Lord Jesus is our text-book and our teacher, the schoolhouse in
which we are taught, and the object lesson in which all truth is
enshrined. But all is in v...
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The apostle at once proceeded to apply this great doctrine to the
present life of the Church. From the heavenly calling he passed to the
earthly conduct. The matter of first importance is maintenance...
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Do Not Grieve the Holy Spirit
Any involvement of Christians in the activities of the "old man" would
grieve the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 63:10). Whenever we reject the
teachings of the Bible, we are reject...
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(17) В¶ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye
henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their
mind, (18) Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the...
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In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its
fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need
on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
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One man gets nothing but discord out of a piano; another gets harmony.
No one claims the piano is at fault. Life is about the same. The
discord is there, and the harmony is there. Study to play correc...
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31._Let all bitterness. _He again condemns anger; but, on the present
occasion, views in connection with it those offenses by which it is
usually accompanied, such as noisy disputes and reproaches. Be...
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The faithful were to seek in the dispositions mentioned above to
maintain this unity of the Spirit by the bond of peace. There are
three things in this exhortation: first, to walk worthy of their
call...
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LET ALL BITTERNESS,.... These words are a dehortation from several
vices good men are liable to, by which the Spirit of God is grieved:
"bitterness" sometimes designs the corruption of nature, which i...
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Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil
speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Ver. 31. _Let all bitterness, &c._] If the godly man suddenly fall
into hitter words,...
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_Let all bitterness_ Of disposition or expression, or, as some render
the word, _all peevishness; and wrath_ Or indignation, as θυμος
seems here to signify; that is, anger mingled with contempt or
dis...
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LET ALL BITTERNESS, AND WRATH, AND ANGER, AND CLAMOR, AND EVIL
SPEAKING BE PUT AWAY FROM YOU, WITH ALL MALICE;...
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Of sins against Christian fellowship:...
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RESPONSE IN PRACTICAL UNITY
(vs.1-6)
In this letter to the Ephesian saints, Paul first presented the basic
truth so essential for individual saints (Ch.1:1- 2:10) and for the
Church, the body of Chri...
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CHAPTER 4
Even though Paul is a ______________, he still urges us to walk in our
__________. This walk must be a ____________ one.
What does it mean to walk worthy? Paul gives us some words to
consi...
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“LET ALL BITTERNESS, AND WRATH, AND ANGER, AND CLAMOR, AND RAILING,
BE PUT AWAY FROM YOU, WITH ALL MALICE”.
“All”: GOD HAS ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THESE QUALITIES. “ALL MANNER
OF, HARSHNESS IN ALL ITS FOR...
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29-32 Filthy words proceed from corruption in the speaker, and they
corrupt the minds and manners of those who hear them: Christians
should beware of all such discourse. It is the duty of Christians...
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LET ALL BITTERNESS, AND WRATH, AND ANGER; these all seem to relate to
the inward affection, as the two following to the effects of it in the
words. BITTERNESS may imply a secret lurking displeasure at...
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Tertullian On Prayer
, when from the beginning "all anger" is forbidden us?[72]...
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Ephesians 4:31 Let G142 all G3956 bitterness G4088 G2532 wrath G2372
G2532 anger G3709 G2532 clamor...
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‘Let all bitterness and wrath, and anger and clamour, and railing,
be put away from you with all malice, and you be kind one to another,
tender-hearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Chris...
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Ephesians 4:31. This verse warns against several manifestations of
evil passion, virtually grouping them under the common term (or
principle) of ‘malice.' The whole presents a sharp contrast to the
ex...
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1. _Exhortations based on the Contrast between the Old and New Man._
The exhortation of Ephesians 4:1-3 is resumed, but with all the added
force derived from the motives presented in Ephesians 4:4-16....
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III. GENERAL CHRISTIAN DUTIES.
This part of the Epistle is difficult to analyze. The ethical precepts
are not arranged in any discoverable logical order. For convenience a
division into two sections i...
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BITTERNESS
(πικρια). Old word from πικρος (bitter), in N.T. only here
and Acts 8:23; Romans 3:14; Hebrews 12:15.CLAMOUR
(κραυγη). Old word for outcry ...
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Ephesians 4:31
Love the Foe and Conqueror of Selfishness.
Christianity denies the assumption, and challenges it all along the
line, that pursuit of the higher life need be, in any sense or degree,
ne...
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Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,-_
«You are called to be sons of God, you are called to be one with
Chri...
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Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you-_
Paul puts force into the argument by his manner of speaking; you can
hear in his words the rattle of his chains. Here is a man who...
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CONTENTS: Walk and service of the believer in Christ. Ministry of
gifts of Christ to His Body.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul.
CONCLUSION: Considering to what state and condition God has...
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Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you_ a
pathetic argument, for if I hear of discords among you it will add
affliction to my bonds; _that ye walk worthy of the vocation wh...
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GET RID OF. "All these things make the Spirit sad!...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:25 Encouragement for a Holy Lifestyle.
Paul gives practical examples of how church members strengthen
Christ’s body (compare vv. Ephesia
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:31 ALL modifies every item in the
list. BITTERNESS may be listed first because it often leads to the
other sins Paul names....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Ephesians 4:25. PUTTING AWAY LYING.—Findlay holds to it that “_the
lie, the falsehood_, is objective and concrete; not _lying_, or
_falsehood_, as a subjective act, h...
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EXPOSITION
PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE.
EPHESIANS 4:1
CHURCH PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS; THE CHURCH A BODY
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Now Paul begins the fourth chapter again with the reminder that he is
a
prisoner of the Lord, and I beseech you, [I beg you, I implore you]
that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are call...
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1 Corinthians 14:20; 1 Corinthians 5:8; 1 John 3:12; 1 John 3:15;...
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Bitterness [π ι κ ρ ι α] Bitter frame of mind Wrath. What is
commanded in ver. 26 is here forbidden, because viewed simply on the
side of human passion.
Anger [θ υ μ ο ς] Violent outbreak. See on Joh...
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THE HIGHER CHRISTIAN LIFE
Ephesians 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. A prisoner of the Lord. One would hardly expect to find a prisoner
in a Roman jail, the author of such a remarkable letter. We are
accus...
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Let all bitterness — The height of settled anger, opposite to
kindness, Ephesians 4:32. And wrath — Lasting displeasure toward the
ignorant, and them that are out of the way, opposite to
tenderhearted...
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Our apostle had exhorted, in the former verse, not to grieve the Holy
Spirit of God; in the next verse, he acquaints us with the particular
sins that would afflict and grieve him: namely,
BITTERNESS,...